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June 29, 2009 11:09 AM EDT --
I often get asked whether parents need to use baby shampoo or baby soap to clean their baby. New parents also ask whether it is all right to mix their baby’s clothes in with the regular wash. . . .
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June 22, 2009 11:46 AM EDT --
Cooking shows are in. Chefs are today’s celebrities. The kitchen has replaced the living room as the center of activity for most families. Even if you don’t follow Emeril or Mario Batali, . . .
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June 15, 2009 01:55 PM EDT --
Parents are often distressed when the full head of hair on their cute newborn suddenly melts away. In fact, many babies begin to look like their dads! A study done several years ago showed that many . . .
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June 08, 2009 12:11 PM EDT --
One question I try to ask my patients over the age of three is, “Are you learning how to swim?” I cannot emphasize enough how important it is for children to be comfortable in the water. Swim . . .
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May 26, 2009 05:45 PM EDT --
Whether to use daycare for your infant is a complicated issue. There are many factors to consider, top among them being whether both parents need to or want to work.
If you decide your baby will go . . .
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May 18, 2009 04:43 PM EDT --
As most parents quickly learn, babies develop skills at very different rates. Some babies do everything early, from language acquisition to gross motor skills to fine motor development, while others are . . .
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May 11, 2009 03:46 PM EDT --
I recently received a joke about food. It essentially said that you cannot eat pork because of swine flu, you cannot eat chicken because of bird flu, no beef because of Mad Cow Disease, no fish because . . .
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May 04, 2009 10:33 AM EDT --
In the weeks following the birth of your baby you may start to notice brown spots on his body. These are often called café au lait spots. They can be fairly large in size—from the size of a dime to the . . .
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April 27, 2009 11:12 AM EDT --
The Academy of Pediatrics recently recommended that parents give pacifiers to infants when they are going to sleep. After years of telling parents that pacifiers cause, misaligned teeth, speech impediments, . . .
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April 20, 2009 10:45 AM EDT --
Have you heard of the allergic salute? This is the motion of a hand rising up to rub a runny and itchy nose over and over again. Allergic shiners are the dark circles that some children have under their . . .
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April 13, 2009 01:22 PM EDT --
It is the season of college acceptances and rejections, which always stirs up feelings of angst in the hearts of parents. To compete in the world today, it helps to be armed with a good education and . . .
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April 06, 2009 01:55 PM EDT --
In 1989 a group of physicians, nurses, and educators at Boston City Hospital (now part of Boston Medical Center) started a program called “Reach Out and Read” which initially sought to place books in . . .
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March 30, 2009 11:25 AM EDT --
Parents today may find themselves walking the fine line between offering exposure to various activities like sports, language classes, music lessons, and art, without over-programming their kids. Below . . .
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March 23, 2009 03:00 PM EDT --
Do babies need exercise? How about toddlers? School children? The answer is "yes" to all. Obviously, we are not about to roll out infant treadmills or elliptical machines, but I am concerned . . .
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March 16, 2009 01:33 PM EDT --
It is possible to “potty train” a cat by holding the animal over the toilet every time it is urinating or having a bowel movement, so that eventually behavior modification kicks in and the cat knows to . . .
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March 02, 2009 11:17 AM EST --
Fever—especially a high fever in a young baby—can be worrisome for parents and doctors alike. Pediatricians consider 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or above to be a fever. Fever is an elevation of body temperature . . .
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February 23, 2009 11:57 AM EST --
You may have heard your baby’s pediatrician say, “We cannot treat this illness because it is caused by a virus, not a bacteria.” Just what is the difference between the two?
A virus is an infectious . . .
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February 17, 2009 11:36 AM EST --
Parents spend a lot of time studying their children’s bodies. At first they marvel that they produced this perfect little human specimen. Then, on closer exam, they start to notice little anomalies. . . .
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February 10, 2009 11:20 AM EST --
Few families today have nine children (although apparently having fourteen is back in fashion), but I sometimes evoke what I call the “Rule of Nine” when families are having trouble setting limits on . . .
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February 03, 2009 03:49 PM EST --
What are those hard lumps on your children’s feet, fingers, and knees?
Most likely, a hard lump on the finger or bottom of the foot is a wart. Warts are caused by a virus, and when they are on the . . .
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